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"Simon Robbins" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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There's no such thing as a "defensive" chemical or biological weapon.

Why? How is it any different in that respect from any other weapon designed
to kill or maim those you're fighting?

It's not, except that there are all sorts of international treaties
aimed at eliminating them.

And the whole idea of "defensive" weapons meant to kill large numbers of
people (and which, by the way, had been used for very *undefensive*
attacks on Kurdish civilians by Hussein's troops) is just silly.

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